Bay Area Updates
Alameda County Fair Cancels for First Time in 108 Years
Bay Area Updates, What's Closed / What's Open Alameda County Fair has announced on their website and Facebook Page that with heavy hearts the 2020 Alameda County Fair, a 108-year old tradition for nearly a half million people in the community and signals the start of summer is canceled due to the COVID-19 public health crisis. Visit their website more...
10 Perfect Mother’s Day Hikes in SF
Bay Area Updates For this Mother’s Day weekend the San Francisco Parks Alliance has put together a list of perfect hikes all throughout SF for you to take mom, or someone special. As long as you practice social distancing on the trail and bring a mask (just in case) we recommend you seek out more...
3 Bay Area Counties Open “Low Risk” Retail Today. 6 Others Wait
Bay Area Updates, What's Closed / What's Open Thanks to SFGate for letting us know that Solano, Sonoma and Napa counties are planning on reopening retail with storefront pickup as early as Friday, while six other Bay Area Counties, including San Francisco, are waiting to modify their shelter-in-place orders. California allows counties to decide when they want to move more...
SF Plans Limited Reopening of Business for May 18th
Bay Area Updates, What's Closed / What's Open Mayor London Breed Announces Next Steps for Reopening Businesses in San Francisco Thursday, May 07, 2020 If progress continues on reducing the spread of COVID-19, the City anticipates allowing some businesses to do storefront pickup as soon as Monday, May 18th San Francisco, CA — Mayor London N. Breed and the Director of more...
California Reopens Partially on Friday: Stage 2
Bay Area Updates, What's Closed / What's Open California Governor Gavin Newsom announced that the first stages of “Stage 2” of the state reopening was planned to begin on Friday, May 8th with a full roadmap of which business and can open he Governor laid out the plans for May 8th stage 2 reopening for the state with curbside more...
It’s SF Hottest Day of the Year So Far
Bay Area Updates It’s officially hottest day of the year so far in San Francisco with the weather reaching 79 degrees according to AccuWeather and the “RealFeel” temperature making it “feel” like 85 degrees. Across the Bay Area, the North Bay is hitting the low 90s. The normal high for May 7 in San more...
SF’s Oldest Ice Cream Parlor May Have Served Its Last Scoop
Bay Area Updates, Goodbye, What's Closed / What's Open Hat tip to SFGate for letting us know that the SF’s oldest ice cream parlor might have to close for good. The 102-year old ice cream parlor and diner “St. Francis Fountain” has been serving the Mission since 1918. Sadly the iconic landmark, beloved diner, candy shop, and soda counter at more...
Here’s Why SF Gives Free Drugs to Homeless in Hotel Quarantine
Bay Area Updates, COVID-19 Updates Thanks to KTVU FOX 2 for letting us know about the controversial plan of providing free alcohol, drugs and tobacco for recovering homeless addicts “in limited quantities” who are being housed in San Francisco hotels during the COVID-19 epidemic. The city has faced some backlash as the Public Health Department confirmed more...
Watch Live: Newsom Announces CA’s “Stage 2” Reopening Plan
Bay Area Updates, What's Closed / What's Open California Governor Gavin Newsom is expected to announce the full details of the state’s “Stage 2” reopening during a live press conference on Twitter and Facebook at Noon on Thursday, May 7th. Watch live at Noon on 5/7: Facebook | Twitter | Read Press Release (will be posted after press conference) While details more...
Power Outage Hits 5,600 Residents in Lower Haight & Castro
Bay Area Updates The power is out for some San Francisco residents this evening, May 6. PG&E has reported that there’s an outage for 5,646 residents in Lower Haight and Duboce Triangle. Residents have been without power since 4:24 pm; PG&E expects the power to be restored by 7 pm. The cause is unknown. more...
Only 19 Bay Area Wendy’s Still Serving Beef (Updated 5/6)
Bay Area Updates, What's Closed / What's Open “Where’s the Beef” is the cry among many Wendy’s fans as meat shortages become a reality across the country. Many Wendy’s have taken beef off their menu. We checked every Bay Area Wendy’s location we could find with online ordering and found that currently (as of May 6, 2020) that the more...
The Last “Supermoon” of 2020 is Here
Bay Area Updates Thanks to an optical illusion in the sky, the moon will appear bigger and brighter than normal in the San Francisco Bay Area in the night, during what astronomers call a “supermoon.” Because the sun is about 50,000 miles closer to the earth than at its furthest point – and it’s more...
BART Shutting Down Orinda Station This Weekend
Bay Area Updates, What's Closed / What's Open To help make your ride, safer, smoother and quieter, BART is moving forward with a track replacement project near the Orinda Station, which will require five-weekend track shutdowns. During the work, there were be no BART service between Lafayette and Rockridge stations. This will add 3,000 feet of new rail, more...
SF Queer Nightlife Fund Raises $160K for LGBTQ Workers
Bay Area Updates, Uplifting Thank you SFist for the wonderful news that the SF Queer Nightlife Fund Raiseed $160K, and will start delivering grantss. With the community’s overwhelming support and generous donations, SF Queer Nightlife Fund was able to raise $160K grant to aid LGBTQ nightlife workers. This includes entertainers, DJs, bartenders, and nightclub employees. more...
SF Now Has 49 Free Public Toilets Staffed 24/7
Bay Area Updates Mayor London Breed Announces Expansion of 24-Hour Pit Stops to Increase Sanitation During the COVID-19 Pandemic Tuesday, May 05, 2020 18 existing Pit Stops will now be open around the clock during the COVID-19 pandemic, bringing the total number of staffed 24-hour restroom locations in the City to 49. San Francisco, CA —Mayor more...
